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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Thracian Tribes| > CE84168
Thraco-Macedonian Tribes, c. Mid 5th Century B.C.
|Thracian| |Tribes|, |Thraco-Macedonian| |Tribes,| |c.| |Mid| |5th| |Century| |B.C.|, Monkeys were kept as pets in antiquity. We know of only two ancient coin types depicting monkeys. One is this very rare type, with the monkey squatting either left or right. The other is an electrum hemihekte from Kyzikos, Mysia with fewer than five known specimens.
CE84168. Silver tetartemorion, Tzamalis 67 var. (monkey left); cf, Svoronos HPM pl. 7, 13 (different reverse, damaged die?), aEF, very tiny coin, obverse a little off center, porous, uncertain mint, weight 0.209g, maximum diameter 6.3mm, c. mid 5th century B.C.; obverse monkey squatting right; reverse round shield within incuse square; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 39 (3 Jan 2016), lot 47; very rare; SOLD




  







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